Erin Earley serves as the leader of the Katy chapter of the John Birch Society, a group of about 20 members.

Erin Earley serves as the leader of the Katy chapter of the John...

Once a month in West Houston, a venerable seafood restaurant redolent of the 1950s hosts a luncheon gathering of an organization that itself evokes the heyday of Reader's Digest warnings about Communists lurking in the schools and intricate conspiracy theories involving the highest levels of government.

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